MY VIEW
Nature Photography from the Mississippi Coast and Beyond
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Hummingbirds Galor
View Full Album →: Hummingbirds GalorSeptember 10, 2026 From Our Back Porch The hummingbirds are migrating back south, stopping over here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to fuel up before crossing the Gulf of Mexico — and we have hummers galore. I think this is the most we’ve had in the three-plus years we’ve lived here. We have seven feeders…
A Buff-breasted Sandpiper & Back Bay Blvd Residence
View Full Album →: A Buff-breasted Sandpiper & Back Bay Blvd ResidenceSeptember 6, 2026 Patty, the kids, and I had our Sunday morning breakfast at Fat Spoon. Midway through, Patty got word of a sighting on the coast in Biloxi — a Buff-breasted Sandpiper on the large lawn in front of Harrah’s. They’re an unusual bird and a species of growing conservation concern. And a life…
Morning in the Gulf of Mexico
View Full Album →: Morning in the Gulf of MexicoAugust 30, 2026 Good morning world. A few mornings ago, Baby Girl, Rascal and I launched the Bird Barge at Biloxi Harbor around four-thirty in the morning; our purpose was to greet the sunrise. We headed out around the west end of Deer Island toward the shrimp boats. There were four of them working out…
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
Carl Jung
From The Archives
Birds of Color
View Full Album →: Birds of ColorRockin Rock Ranch Birdfeeders Sometimes you do not appreciate what you have until it is gone. These photos are of a typical day at the bird feeders on our Ranch in Arkansas. “Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild” movie The…
My View is a personal site exploring photography, nature, birding — through images, short essays, and reflections from the Mississippi Gulf Coast.